I looked all over what I had for this weeks theme on Sepia Saturday, could not really find any women at work, factories, just a few pics of a plane or a man in a pilots uniform. So I just pulled out a few pics with Large equipment or machinery to follow the theme photo of the week.

These photos came out of a great batch I got from an Auction, I have been working on an entry to showcase everything (2 albums and a stack of photos!) but its a work in progress. So here you will get a little glimpse into “Ernie’s” albums.

Ernie was in the Coast Guard, so I am not sure if these are all Coast Guard pics, some of them show General Cable Company also or if the two worked together?

The album shows what looks like them going places to install power poles, the wood posts that run your electrical lines.
So Enjoy the fellas on the Power Pole!

The General Cable Company Vehicle

The fellas on the shoreline… looks like they are grating? Im not sure?

And this guy….what are those things?

Great shot of the guys after what looks like a long day in the sun hard at work

Ive acquired many new photos so please check back here often and visit the other entries, my main emphasis is finding photos with identifying info on them and trying to see who they were and where they came from using genealogy research and internet detective work.

grating is sorta like raking the surface, it could be like a shovel type to scoop also lots of pictures of this thing along the sea water. Yes I was thinking the wire was on them or perhaps the electrical wire, but also some other pics show like a crane thing and ropes to lift the telephone pole wires up.

Great find! Occupational snapshots of military work, especially navy are unusual. The photos taken by military photographers are not as lively as those by amateurs like these, All the little clues like vehicles, machinery, uniforms, etc. help date other photos.